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DC Police Support Trump’s Federal Takeover — Are Dems and the Media Clueless on Crime?
President Trump declared a 30-day crime emergency, federalizing D.C. police and deploying National Guard amid violent gun crime increases of up to 460% in some neighborhoods, officials said.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that established a 30-day crime emergency in Washington, D.C., placing the Metropolitan Police Department under federal control and mobilizing 800 National Guard troops to address the increase in criminal activity.
- The federal takeover is authorized under Section 740 of the Home Rule Act because D.C. is a federally controlled district, and city leaders did not request this intervention despite concerns about staffing and crime.
- Greggory Pemberton, Chair of the D.C. Police Union, said the police force is down over 800 officers and officers work two million hours of overtime yearly, while some residents and officials note overall crime decline yet juvenile crime issues.
- More than 100 arrests have occurred since August 7 during the operation, and Trump promised to extend federal control beyond 30 days with or without Congress, stating, "This will go further" and daring Democrats to oppose.
- Legal analysts and some police welcome federal aid but worry it is temporary, while opponents call the move overreach and emphasize the need for law changes and local funding to address D.C.'s crime sustainably.
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Kentucky politicians respond to Trump’s declared takeover of policing in D.C.
Kentucky Republican U.S. Rep. James Comer said that while he supports President Donald Trump’s crime-fighting moves in Washington, D.C., he hopes similar efforts will not be replicated in Kentucky.
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